RAS question
Muhnot Nainsi's chronicle 'Marwar ra Pargana ri Vigat' describes the history and administration of:
Correct answer: (B) Marwar under Maharaja Jaswant Singh I.
Muhnot Nainsi's Marwar ra Pargana ri Vigat describes the history and administration of Marwar under Maharaja Jaswant Singh I.
Explanation
Muhnot Nainsi is linked to Marwar, not to the courts of Mewar, Jaipur or Bikaner. He was a minister of Maharaja Jaswant Singh I of Jodhpur, and Marwar ra Pargana ri Vigat is a detailed gazetteer of Marwar's seven parganas. The Indian Express places most of Nainsi's career during Maharaja Jaswant Singh Rathor's long reign in Marwar, and says his household lists formed part of a larger work titled Marwar ra Parganan ri Vigat, or An Account of the Districts of Marwar. The work is therefore an administrative source for Marwar under Jaswant Singh I, while Nainsi ri Khyat is the broader historical chronicle of Rajputana.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Mewar under Rana Kumbha is wrong because Nainsi's work belongs to Marwar, not Mewar.
- (C) Jaipur under Sawai Jai Singh is wrong because Nainsi is tied to Marwar and Maharaja Jaswant Singh I, with no Jaipur setting in the material.
- (D) Bikaner under Rao Bika is wrong because the work discussed is an account of Marwar's districts or parganas, not a Bikaner chronicle.
Concept
This tests source-based knowledge in Rajasthan history: which early texts document which Rajput state. It recurs in RAS because administrative chronicles such as Marwar ra Pargana ri Vigat are used to connect rulers, regions and historical evidence.